Thomas. Violence is ramping up in iraq and the u. S. Has confirmed that several rocket attacks have taken place including close to the American Embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital there are also reports of a strike on a base in the Northern City of mosul earlier my colleague you know neal discussed the details with you go to. Well something is definitely in the air and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well with and with all the context around that people can draw conclusions out of the situations so far 3 confirmed strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green of the socalled green zone areas indeed yes it is it is like a city within a city the general baghdad and t
Back now according to the i. M. F. Using purchasing power parity china is already 25 percent larger economy than the United States and cons of course you live there for 20 years what did you see here youre in brooklyn as you can hear around us were across the river from manhattan and youre seeing a construction boom here by u. S. Standards but put this into context of our competitor nation as trump calls thats whats going on there component here china has a distribution economically of course and sort of were right the economy in brooklyn where were going to be different than little rock arkansas trying to do they passed us on a p. P. P. Basis on the g. D. P. Back in 2016 so its been a few years already the way i like to look at it too if you just step back and look at it from an economic standpoint they make their shoes and they make our shoes they make their t. V. s and they make our t. V. s they make their car parts and they make our car parts so i think their economy the way we est
For Climate Change, things like that, that we have to take into account. As we deal with those things, we need to deal with those in updates what Conservation Programs do we have in place to make sure that were efficiently using the supply. Then theft lay, we have to have a water shortage timcy plan in there, which is our potential in times of a drought. Thats an obligation of all water suppliers in california to demonstrate we thought ahead to Drought Conditions and have a contingency plan for that. And so our current water urban Management Plan has one of those. And it will be updated as part of the next update, which is in 2020. Thats the basics of the urban water Management Planning act, which ubiquitous throughout california. Everyone has to do it, to demonstrate theyre thinking ahead in concert with the local Planning Agency on how to deal with Water Supplies in the future. Next, thats the guidance document that summarizes the Conservation Program that will take place over the ne
Standards but put this into context of our competitor nation as trump calls thats whats going on there component here china has a distribution economically of course and sort of were right the economy in brooklyn where were going to be different than little rock arkansas trying to do they passed us on a p. P. P. Basis on the g. D. P. Back in 2016 so its been a few years already the way i like to look at it too if you just step back and look at it from an economic standpoint they make their shoes and they make our shoes they make their t. V. s and they make our t. V. s they make their car parts and they make our car parts so i think their economy the way we estimate it is that is their economy is absolutely you know massive you go any city in china they basically have new airports new roads New Buildings new schools so theres been a massive economic boom that probably is going to be difficult to keep up and you know what i personally believe chinas g. D. P. The last few years is much mu
A number of studies suggesting that you know our Manufacturing Sector has been devastated by the manufacturing as a percentage of g. D. P. Is at its lowest point in 72 years so this idea that we retain the software but we all share the manufacturing thats going to be great for both sides when when its been a win win for china and its been a lose lose for the u. S. Right im like i have a quote from biden here one of the candidates of course who say quote chinas going to eat our lunch come on man yeah he has been doing particularly well in the polls and i think part of the reason for that is because he still uses a playbook thats about 20 years out of date politically and economically of course he was part of a government swim bill clinton that the great democrats shipped our jobs overseas and it is interesting that weve come full circle that robert light hisor who was almost the lone voice in the neo liberal American Economic and political system back in the late ninetys he said in a pi